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Physics 416/517: Problem Set #6

Due by 5 PM on Friday, April 4th, 2003

Reif, Problems 6.2, 6.3, 6.7, 6.10

The energy levels of a quantum harmonic oscillator are given by En = (n+1/2), where n = 0, 1, 2, ....

Problem 5: For a system of N such oscilators, please calculate

  1. The mean energy
  2. The entropy
Hint: you may need the results of appendix A.1

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